Originally Posted by raynaputi
talking about citizenship..won't these new changes coincide with the current rules/requirements for naturalization?Or am I not understanding correctly the requirements for naturalization?
Residential requirements
In order to demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation you need to:
- have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
- have been present in the United Kingdom three years before the date of your application; and
- have not spent more than 270 days outside the United Kingdom during the three-year period; and
- have not spend more than 90 days outside the United Kingdom in the last 12 months of the three-year period; and
- have not been in breach of the immigration rules at any stage during the three-year period.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/br...nerofcitizen/#
good point Rayna,
oh i meant putting any sort of tests
they are not going to let you be a British citizen if you dont have ILR. they will have to change it, probably scrap the spouse one and just have the standard one( just the same as the spouse one, but with an extra 2yrs and an extra 90 days a year you can be outside the UK)
Residential requirements
To demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation, you must have:
been resident in the UK for at least five years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
been present in the UK five years before the date of your application; and
not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the five-year period; and
not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months of the five-year period; and
not been in breach of the Immigration Rules at any stage during the five-year period.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/br...drequirements/
